Barnsley 1 - 0 Coventry City

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Barnsley 1 - 0 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:45 pm

Late Gyokeres penalty miss after sucker punch

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Coventry City suffered their first Championship defeat of the season at the hands of a Barnsley side who rose to their very own home-coming occasion.

Buoyed by a bumper crowd for the first time in 18 months at Oakwell, the Tykes hit the Sky Blues with a first-half sucker punch after the visitors missed two chances to get themselves in front in their opening away trip of the campaign.

Coventry had their fair share of opportunities with Callum O’Hare missing from close range, Viktor Gyokeres hitting the bar and Gus Hamer having a free-kick tipped over by the keeper.

And City threw away a stoppage time chance to pull level when Jamie Allen was brought down in the box and Gyokeres was denied by goalkeeper Brad Collins from the penalty spot.

The game started at break neck speed with chances at both ends in the opening two minutes.

The home side were denied by a good reaction block by goalkeeper Simon Moore when Carlton Morris was given far too much space just outside the D and slipped the ball through to Callum Brittain for a great chance to open the scoring.

City then hit the Reds on the counter attack with Gyokeres racing upfield and sending a square pass to O’Hare who shot disappointingly wide with all the goal to aim at.

Coventry then suffered an early blow when Tyler Walker had to go off in the 16th minute with a shoulder injury, replaced by Martyn Waghorn.

And the visitors had another decent attempt on goal in the 20th minute when Kyle McFadzean got on the end of Gus Hamer free-kick, sending his header narrowly over the bar.

City then carved out their best chance of the game so far when Ben Sheaf sent Ian Maatsen down the left with the wing-back sending in a brilliant early cross to the far post where Gyokeres hooked onto the bar.

Enjoying the greater share of possession, the Sky Blues looked the more threatening in an entertaining first half when the Tykes looked there for the taking.

In fact, Barnsley were restricted to free-kicks which City were guilty of giving away far too cheaply to invite pressure on themselves amid some questionable refereeing decisions.

Markus Schopp’s men then broke the deadlock when Romal Palmer sent Dominik Frieser clean through on goal, beating the off-side trap and hitting a clinical finish across the keeper and into the far bottom corner to give Barnsley a 39th minute lead.

Coventry pushed for an equaliser after the break with a sustained spell of pressure from determined build-up play and corners but couldn’t find a way through a resolute Reds’ back line, the home side defending in numbers to protect their slender lead.

Hamer went agonisingly close to getting the elusive equaliser with a 68th minute free-kick from just outside the box which was denied by a brilliant save by the keeper who tipped it over the bar.

O’Hare fired over the bar as he was challenged in the box as City kept pushing in the last ten minutes of a game they should never have lost.

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Re: Barnsley 1 - 0 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:48 pm

Frieser gives Tykes win over Coventry

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Dominik Frieser scored the only goal of the game as Barnsley welcomed their fans back to Oakwell with a home win over Coventry City.

Frieser slotted past Simon Moore after being played in by Romal Palmer and the Tykes held out despite some intense pressure from the Sky Blues.

Viktor Gyokeres clipped the crossbar with a first-half effort and following the interval Coventry defender Michael Rose saw a header cleared off the line by Cauley Woodrow.

A foul on Jamie Allen led to Coventry being awarded an added-time penalty, but Brad Collins made a superb save to keep out the spot-kick by Gyokeres.

Barnsley, who had eight players booked, are now unbeaten in seven home league games against Coventry stretching back to 2009, five of them ending in wins.

And the result enabled Markus Schopp to emulate his three predecessors as Tykes boss - Daniel Stendel, Gerhard Struber and Valerien Ismael - by winning his first league match at Oakwell.

Schopp was again without Belgian signings Obbi Oulare and Aaron Leya Iseka, who are still not match fit, and also lost fellow forward Carlton Morris to injury after 33 minutes.

But Frieser found the net five minutes later to the delight of home supporters in the 13,961 crowd, who had earlier marked the death of former skipper and assistant boss Eric Winstanley in May, with a fifth-minute round of applause.

Woodrow glanced a header wide of the target after the break but was then in the right place at the other end to prevent Rose from levelling the scores.

Coventry - managed by former Barnsley boss Mark Robins - continued to press and Collins had to make a flying save to keep out Gustavo Hamer's free-kick.

Robins sent on Jake Clarke-Salter, signed on loan from Chelsea on Friday, as a substitute and his perfectly timed tackle denied Clarke Oduor a chance to put Barnsley out of reach.

It looked like the Sky Blues were going to rescue a point when the referee awarded a penalty following substitute Jordan Williams' tackle on Allen, but they failed to repeat last weekend's stoppage-time goal that beat Nottingham Forest as Collins denied Gyokeres.

Coventry boss Mark Robins told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:

"I thought we dominated from start to finish, conceded a really poor chance in the first half which ends up in the net.

"Apart from that, they've done nothing and I thought we were outstanding in most areas, but we have to be more clinical in that final third.

"When we've got balls in and around their penalty area, we have to find a pass in the penalty area to make something happen, and be calm in there, and we lacked that a little bit.

"I want us on the front foot and for most of that game, we were."

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